Well, it definitely feels and looks a lot like winter here in Red Hook, New York. It’s cold and snowy outside, but things are continuing to heat up at eMATHinstruction. We’ve got a lot of news, including a new round of add-ons and updates on Common Core Geometry. Let me get right to it. In our latest Common Core Algebra I Add-Ons, we continue to crank out the Form B assessments based on the positive… Read more »
Year: 2016
Common Core Geometry Beta Version Finished – by Kirk
Posted onThe first version of Common Core Geometry is now done and completely posted. It consists of 10 total units: The total text is now at 95 lessons with homework sets. I’m always happy if a curriculum is somewhere between 100 and 110 lessons. I’ve found over the span of my career that in a 185 day school year, the 100 lesson count is a good benchmark given all sorts of extra days needed for reinforcement,… Read more »
eMath November Newsletter
Posted onNow that we’ve made it past Halloween and the election, it’s time for Thanksgiving and the winter holidays. As always, we’ve been busy here at eMATHinstruction with Common Core Geometry, Course Add-Ons, and Conferences left and right. I’ll discuss each in turn, but let’s get right to the add-ons. This month in our Common Core Algebra I Add-Ons we have our latest installment of Form B exams. We now have one posted for Unit #4… Read more »
eMath October Newsletter
Posted onHere in the great Northeast, the leaves have changed and the days are getting colder. Since I last wrote, I’ve been hard at work on Common Core Geometry and the latest round of add-ons. Speaking of which, we just put them up on the site. Remember, links to them are at the bottom of each course page. You can also click on any of the blue links below to be taken directly to the add-on pages.… Read more »
TeacherTube – by Kirk
Posted onSince the beginning, I’ve been recording videos and posting them for Common Core math lessons on YouTube. I think I posted them on YouTube because it was easy, given that I had a gmail account, and because it is the most popular video sharing platform of all time. I didn’t give much thought to whether schools blocked or didn’t block it because my own school allowed students to access it and trained teachers how to… Read more »
eMath September Newsletter
Posted onAs Labor Day Weekend starts to fade in our rear view mirror and mid-September approaches, it’s time for the monthly eMath Newsletter. I’ve been really busy since mid-August, mostly filling orders, answering lots of questions, and helping folks troubleshoot our new online Answer Key Subscription Service. My apologies for those who had trouble setting up their accounts. As always, email me if you have any issues. I’ve also been working hard in the last few… Read more »
Common Core Geometry – by Kirk
Posted onSo, the summer has been a great mix of working on Add-Ons for the three courses we currently offer and thinking a lot about Common Core Geometry. I’ve now completed the first four units and a rough course outline that’s been indexed to the CCSS Standards for CC Geometry (as defined by PARCC and refined by NYSED). I’ve got all of the lessons for those four units posted at this point under our Courses section:… Read more »
Efofex
Posted onSo, we just relaunched our website and our homepage now has some new additions, specifically three offerings from a company named Efofex. I would imagine the name of this company would be a mystery to just about anyone who isn’t a math teacher/geek. But, just in case: Efofex = f(x) Anyhow, their software is out of this world. My only complaint is that I didn’t know about it until about a year ago. In a… Read more »
eMath August Newsletter
Posted onHello my math teacher friends. To those on vacation still, I hope your August is relaxing and Labor Day weekend doesn’t arrive too soon. For those of you back in classes, I hope the beginning of the school year is going well and you are starting to get to know all of your little angels (or angles :-). We are doing a ton over at eMATHinstruction. Within days (or even hours), we will be relaunching… Read more »
Common Core Geometry – by Kirk
Posted onThe summer has begun and so I have begun my work in earnest on eMATHinstruction’s Common Core Geometry. I have wanted to write a text on Geometry for about as long as I could remember, but things just kept getting in my way (kids, teaching, algebra… you know, life). Geometry is an interesting subject that has been studied for almost 3,000 years. Let that one sink in. Three thousand. Euclid’s Elements is regarded as one… Read more »